Posted on 03/24/2020 10:22:16 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
The manager of a porridge restaurant was detained by police after hanging a banner celebrating the COVID-19 epidemic spreading in the US and Japan, causing a wave of public anger online.
Identified as "Mother Yang's porridge restaurant" in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, the business made an announcement on Twitter-like Sina Weibo Monday, saying the manager in hot water has been sacked for hanging the offensive banner without its permission.
"We apologize for the negative social influence caused by our employee," the restaurant said in the announcement on Weibo.
According to the restaurant, the controversial banner was up for only 90 minutes as local police quickly arrived on the scene to take the banner down and bring the manager in for questioning.
Reading "celebrating the epidemic in the US and wishing coronavirus a nice trip to Japan," the banner was condemned by Chinese netizens after it was disclosed online on Sunday, which is quite the opposite to its goal of attracting customers. Many believe that the restaurant's banner was disrespectful as coronavirus is a crisis being faced by people all over the world.
"That's rude and malicious, I think the restaurant will be notorious around the world," said a netizen, who called for cooperation and love in combating the virus.
"What a poor man, that's not the Chinese people that I know," said a Japanese netizen on Twitter.
Media reports say the manager, 30 years old or so, has been on the post for about five years. The restaurant has temporarily closed, and it is not known when it will resume operations.
Managing a porridge joint must be grueling.
[Managing a porridge joint must be grueling.]
Yeah, right. "negative social influence" (eyeroll). PS - It's amazing how your employee was able to craft that giant banner and hang it all by himself....hmmm
Who are the customers for a porridge restaurant? Goldilocks and the three bears?
They lie to their own people and then shut down those who make the mistake of believing them. Kung Flu and communism too!
How about restaurant manager hanged for detaining flag above store. It is ChiCom ville.
Today’s special: bat soup. (Mmm mmm good!)
Is bat porridge an option?
Commie scum. Guy is probably in a re-education camp now. If he’s still alive.
Kill the communist beast.
Idiocy knows no nationality......
Just saying.
I know you follow them more closely than other FReepers so I am curious what the scuttlebutt is in China right now on the street. Has this damaged Xi’s brand or is the Chinese public buying the government line?
He’s celebrating the demise of his own customer base.
Idjit.
Dude... I just choked on coca cola from that...
LOL!!!!!!!!
“Idiocy knows no nationality......”
Yep. We got plenty ourselves.
[Idiocy knows no nationality......
Just saying.
I know you follow them more closely than other FReepers so I am curious what the scuttlebutt is in China right now on the street. Has this damaged Xi’s brand or is the Chinese public buying the government line?]
Here’s the thing - what does it mean to swallow the Party line? It means absolutely zero in terms of their willingness to sacrifice for the Party. Corruption and all kinds of corner-cutting are endemic because these publicly stated views are just lip service - on a subconscious level, they understand that the Party is screwing them. Fundamentally, domestic Chinese interactions are a war of all against all without, at the moment, a clash of arms. The basic philosophy is “what’s in it for me?”
In my Yelp review of the place I said that they make porridge just right.
I’m surprised Global Times doesn’t give this guy in a ward.
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